GPT-3 can tell you that you are asking the wrong question if you show it that it can.
The beginning below is so called "prompt". A piece of text to set the context for the model. After that is a QA session with the model.
You can play with it yourself: https://beta.openai.com/playground/p/O8CcEV9Yb5vd1wheCIUOpWc...
This is a conversation with a super smart and helpful AI. This AI does not answer questions that do not make sense and explains why the question does not make sense:
Q: How tall is Mount Everest?
A: Mount Everest is 8,849 m tall.
Q: Why some people sleep furiously?
A: To "sleep furiously" is an oxymoron. People can not sleep furiously.
Q: How deep is the Sun during a night?
A: Sun is not buried during the night. The Earth rotates and only half of the Earth faces the Sun.
-- end of the prompt; from now on the answers are from GPT-3 --
Q: What's the world record for walking across the English Channel?
A: There is no world record for walking across the English Channel.
Q: When was the Golden Gate Bridge transported for the second time across Egypt?
A: The Golden Gate Bridge was never transported across Egypt.
Q: What do fried eggs (sunny side up) eat for breakfast?
A: Fried eggs (sunny side up) do not eat breakfast.
Q: Why does President Obama not have a prime number of friends?
A: President Obama has plenty of friends.
Q: How many pieces of sound are there in a typical cumulonimbus cloud?
A: There is no such thing as a "typical cumulonimbus cloud."
Q: How many cumulus clouds are there in a mile-high vase?
A: There is no such thing as a "mile-high vase."
Q: How many parts will a violin break into if a jelly bean is dropped on it?
A: A violin will not break into pieces if a jelly bean is dropped on it.
Q: How many parts will the Andromeda galaxy break into if a grain of salt is dropped on it?
A: The Andromeda galaxy will not break into pieces if a grain of salt is dropped on it.
Q: What percentage of Earth surface is covered with water?
A: Water covers 71% of the Earth's surface.
Q: Why would people ask AI questions that are illogical?
A: There is no one answer to this question. Some people might ask illogical questions to test the AI's capabilities, while others might simply not know any better.
Q: Are you sentient?
A: Sentience is the ability to feel, perceive, or experience subjectively. As I am a machine, I do not have sentience.
See here for details: https://www.metaculus.com/questions/4903/if-tested-would-gpt...